Ludy T. Benjamin, Jr.
Ludy T. Benjamin, Jr. is Presidential Professor of Teaching Excellence and Professor of Psychology at Texas A&M University. An experimental psychologist by training, he began his academic career at Nebraska Wesleyan University, served two years as Director of Education for the American Psychological Association, and then joined the faculty at Texas A&M where he has been for 31 years. Benjamin has received numerous teaching awards from Texas A&M University. His national teaching awards include the Distinguished Teaching in Psychology Award from the American Psychological Foundation and the Distinguished Career Contributions to Education and Training Award from the American Psychological Association.Benjamin’s scholarly work includes 23 books and more than 150 articles and book chapters, most of those in the history of psychology, focusing on the early American psychology laboratories and organizations, the origins of applied psychology, and the popularization of psychology, including a concern with the evolution of psychology's public image and the public’s understanding of the science and practice of psychology. He is currently working on a book on the history of popular psychology in America.
